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Idrissa "Idris" Akuna Elba is an British-American actor, voice actor, writer, producer, rapper, singer, songwriter and DJ who has done voice work for the Sonic the Hedgehog film series.
History[]
For Elba's role as Knuckles in Sonic 2, he was looking to mine for backstory and identity, and find "everything that an actor needs in order to create a character and a kind of craft performance". According to director Jeff Fowler, "[Elba] was just so eager to absorb it all, and workshop him into best version of the character. Which was awesome. It was great to see how much he cared about getting it right". In Fowler's own words, Elba "absolutely nailed it" when voicing Knuckles.[1]
Filmography[]
Films[]
- Marvel Cinematic Universe - Heimdall
- Pacific Rim - Marshal Stacker Pentecost
- Prometheus - Janek
- Star Trek Beyond - Captain Balthazar Edison / Krall
- Fast and Furious: Hobbs and Shaw - Brixton Lore
TV series[]
Video games[]
Credits[]
Producer[]
Voice acting[]
- Sonic the Hedgehog (film series):
- Knuckles the Echidna[2][3] (excluding Sonic Drone Home)
- Wade Whipple (in "The Flames of Disaster")
Trivia[]
- He had previously worked with Alyla Browne (who portrays Maria Robotnik in the Sonic the Hedgehog film series) in the 2022 film Three Thousand Years of Longing, and the two will reunite in the 2024 film Sonic the Hedgehog 3.
- Idris Elba and Keanu Reeves (the American voice of Shadow the Hedgehog) were previously in the 2020 video game, Cyberpunk 2077.
References[]
- ↑ Patches, Matt (10 December 2021). Idris Elba had a lot of questions about Knuckles’ motivations in Sonic 2. Polygon. Archived from the original on 11 December 2021. Retrieved on 11 December 2021.
- ↑ Idris Elba on Twitter. Twitter (10 August 2021). Archived from the original on 10 August 2021. Retrieved on 10 August 2021.
- ↑ Paramount+ on Twitter. Twitter (15 February 2021). Archived from the original on 15 February 2022. Retrieved on 15 February 2021. "Paramount+: #SonicMovie3 is officially in development from @ParamountPics and @SEGA! Plus, next year a new original #Knuckles series with @IdrisElba is coming to #ParamountPlus. #SonicMovie2 hits theaters April 8!"
External links[]
- Idris Elba at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- Idris Elba at the Internet Movie Database
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